#512D89#512D89

#512D89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.146 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512D89
RGB	rgb(81, 45, 137)
HSL	hsl(263, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 67.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.93, 37.23, -45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.93, 58.77, 309.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.0667 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.146 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8459, 5.4321, 24.2445)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512D89 #65892D

analogous

#2D3789 #512D89 #7F2D89

triadic

#512D89 #89512D #2D8951

tetradic

#512D89 #892D37 #65892D #2D897F

square

#512D89 #892D37 #65892D #2D897F

split-complementary

#512D89 #897F2D #37892D

monochromatic

#1B0F2D #361E5B #512D89 #6C3CB7 #8D64CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#512D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#512D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512D89

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512D89	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 45, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.146 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768ac',
    500: '#512d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512d89;
$custom-light: #8768ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 50.549,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3949,
    "c": 0.14582,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512D89

secondary

#92B35F

accent

#DA4EA3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #512D89

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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